EPT"Manner" is a noun and not an adjective.
Stop using it to predicate subjects as if it were an adjective.
erroneous examples
"so-and-so is a great player and really manner too!"
"what a manner move"
"he's a bad terran but always really manner"
Manner simply refers to "a way of doing something".
"The manner in which he controls his Colossus is far superior to all others."
By qualifying with "well" or "bad" we can transform the noun "manner" into a descriptive adjective" thusly:
"The well-mannered host made sure to abide each and everyone of his guests' wishes.
N.B.
The word itself does not carry any qualities of its own (e.g. well mannered or bad mannered).
Even in a sentence such as "He is a mannered player" (where the word is used correctly in a grammatical sense) you still have not actually told us anything about his manner but just that he has a "way of doing things" which ought to be quite obvious in the first place.
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On September 16 2010 22:53 Daigomi wrote:
Haha, this annoys me so much too :p I don't mind it so much when people leave out the qualifier, since you could argue that it's a case of omission: "He is a mannered player" simply omits the "well," which is fine if it is generally accepted that mannered means well mannered. I'm fairly sure there are examples of this in standard English but I can't think of any right now.
What does annoy me is when it is used in its noun form, "He is such a good manner player" or "Idra is really bad manner." If "bad mannered" sounds awkward, just use the abbreviation "Idra is really BM."
Also, I don't like the language evolves argument. There's a difference between language evolving and ignoring the egregrious misuse of language. I mean, we can all start talking about "should of" if we wanted to, but it wouldn't make it correct. Furthermore, it doesn't make logical sense. Talking about a "manner player" is like talking about a "discipline monk" or an "arm criminal," grammatically it's awkward and the change is pointless.
If I thought that it was simply a form of slang it would probably not bother me, but I doubt that everyone who uses it incorrectly knows the correct use. All in all, it just feels like a really unnecessary change that achieves nothing except making the sentence sound incorrect.
Haha, this annoys me so much too :p I don't mind it so much when people leave out the qualifier, since you could argue that it's a case of omission: "He is a mannered player" simply omits the "well," which is fine if it is generally accepted that mannered means well mannered. I'm fairly sure there are examples of this in standard English but I can't think of any right now.
What does annoy me is when it is used in its noun form, "He is such a good manner player" or "Idra is really bad manner." If "bad mannered" sounds awkward, just use the abbreviation "Idra is really BM."
Also, I don't like the language evolves argument. There's a difference between language evolving and ignoring the egregrious misuse of language. I mean, we can all start talking about "should of" if we wanted to, but it wouldn't make it correct. Furthermore, it doesn't make logical sense. Talking about a "manner player" is like talking about a "discipline monk" or an "arm criminal," grammatically it's awkward and the change is pointless.
If I thought that it was simply a form of slang it would probably not bother me, but I doubt that everyone who uses it incorrectly knows the correct use. All in all, it just feels like a really unnecessary change that achieves nothing except making the sentence sound incorrect.
